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Re:I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks by qoez on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @11:16AM (#43413123)
As a non american: America can get away with a lot more than this and still be an attractive place to try to move to. SF and many other places offer job opportunities the EU can't, and despite this and much more pain of trying to work there it's still worth it.
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Re:I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks by diggan on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @11:18AM (#43413161)
> SF and many other places offer job opportunities the EU can't,

Besides a job that just pays more money, what sort of unique opportunities exists in the US that doesn't exist anywhere in Europe? Genuinely curious, as I can't seem to think of any on my own.

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Re:I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks by LPisGood on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @11:30AM (#43413336)
Lots of the best colleges in the world are in USA. That’s not to say some aren’t in the EU, but by numbers USA has Europe thoroughly outclassed.
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Re:I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks by disgruntledphd2 on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @11:46AM (#43413538)
It's important to note that basically all university rankings are massively, massively skewed by the native English speaking countries.

Additionally, lots of UK and US universities have huge endowments which definitely helps.

That's not to say that there aren't great Universities there, but really international students go to the US (and some of the EU) so that they have a better chance of working there post study.

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Re:I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks by LPisGood on Friday March 21, 2025 @09:41AM (#43435598)
“They come to US so they have a better chance of working in US” seems like it isn’t a counter point.
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Re:I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks by diggan on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @11:33AM (#43413381)
Judging by the "intellectual purge" that just started, I'm not sure working as a professor at a college (world class or not) is such a great job opportunity. But I'm not close to academia at all, so maybe I'm wrong.
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